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M. VIRNOCHE.

SAD IRON. No. 430,714, Patented June 24, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAXIME VIRNOOHE, OF W'OONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

' SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,714, dated une 24, 1890.

Application filed June 10, 1889. $erial No. 313,731. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIME VIENocHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide the sad-iron with a convenientlymemovable handle; and it consists in the improved construction of the removable handle and its attachment to the sad-iron, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a sad-iron provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a top view of the sad-iron with the handle removed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the sad-iron provided at its rear end with the upwardly-projecting boss b, at the inner side of which is formed the socketopening a, and at its forward portion with the projecting boss I), at the inner side of which is formed the socket-opening a, and in the top of the sad-iron at the base of the boss I) is formed the socket-opening 0 The removable handle B is formed of a piece of flat steel bent to the form shown in Fig. 2, and provided at its inner side with the hollow shell c,whi'ch is secured to the forward arm j of the handle by means of the screw-thread d. Within the cavity f of the hollow shell 0 is placed the sliding bolt 6, made in three different sizes, the larger diameter e loosely fitting the cavityf, the next smaller size 6 loosely fitting the contracted opening f at the rear of the shell 0, and the still smaller size 6 being covered by the non conducting wooden knob g, which is secured upon the portion e by means of the washer h, which is fastened upon the end of the bolt 6 by upsetting the said end. Upon the portion 6 of the bolt 6 within the cavity f is placed the openly wound spiral spring 1', which serves to throw the bolt e forward until the forward end of the knob g strikes the rear end of the shell 0. The forward arm j is continued downward below the shell 0 to enter and fit the socket-opening a while the spring-operated sliding bolt e is made to enter and fit the socket-opening a. The lower end of the rearward arm j of the handle is turned backward, and is adapted to enter and fit the socket-opening (1, thus serving to hold the sad-iron securely and firmly for use, and the handle B can be readily removed from the'sad-iron by pulling back upon the wooden knob g, thus removing the end of the fastening-bolt e from the socket-opening a.

The non-conducting covering 70 of the middle portion of the handle 13 is made in two parts, preferably of wood, as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 1, the said parts being firmly secured to each other by means of the bands or ferrules m m.

I claim as my invention The removable sad-iron handle B, having the backwardly-turned arm j and the arm j, provided with the hollow shell 0, which inclos'es a spiral spring 2', and a fastening-bolt 6, made in three different diameters, the larger diameter 6 loosely fitting the cavity f of the shell, the diameter 6 loosely fitting the contracted opening f at the rear of the shell 0, and the smaller diameter e being covered by the non-conducting knob g, the arm 3' of the handle also projecting below the shell 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MAXIME VIRNOCHE. Witnesses:

JOHN S. LYNCH, SooRATEs SOHOLFIELD. 

